South to Freedom
Subtitle: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781541617780
First sentence: No one knew how the two sailors escaped––whether they risked swimming from the Metacomet, anchored in the deep water off the port of Veracruz, Mexico, or whether someone had rowed them to shore under cover of darkness.